Who We Are

Staff Management Assistant

Pascale Vantorre

Pascale Vantorre is the Management Assistant at UNU-CRIS

Expert Senior Research Associate

Andrea is a research associate at the EVES Division, where she supports the FloodAdapt project and UNU-EHS Flagship Report project, in both being the focus of her research: Nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction in central Viet Nam.

Expert Research Associate

Asha Verma

Asha Verma is working at UNU Resource Nexus as a Research Associate in the Knowledge Academy for Resource Nexus.

Expert Professor

Prof. Dr. Bart Verspagen

Bart Verspagen is professor of the Macroeconomics of Innovation and New Technologies.

Expert Research Fellow

Santosh Vijaykumar

Santosh Vijaykumar is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Professor

Dr. Fabiana Visentin

Fabiana Visentin is an Associate Professor at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics

Expert Associate Academic officer - Econometrics and Financial Protection Needs

Florian Waldschmidt

Florian is a Project Manager in the Climate Risk Analytics Team within MCII. Much of his work and research as an economist focuses on the analysis of monetary and non-monetary impacts of natural hazards.

Expert Youth Fellow, Global Water Security Assessment

Isaiah Omondi Walwanga

Isaiah Omondi is a Youth Fellow in Global Water Security Assessment at UNU-INWEH.

Expert Head of EVES Division

Dr. Yvonne Walz

Dr. Yvonne Walz is the Head of the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services (EVES) division of UNU-EHS.

Expert Public Outreach and Education Associate

Luying Wang

Ms. Luying Wang’s expertise encompasses environmental policy, economic appraisal and valuation, communication, knowledge management, and data-driven policy support.